TARA SIM in conversation with SABAA TAHIR



 

 

 

 

Launch: Tara Sim in conversation with Sabaa Tahir

Wednesday, November 2, 2016, 7:00 p.m.

Timekeeper

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Join us and celebrate the launch of Tara Sim's stunning debut novel Timekeeper
 
Readers beware: There's magic in these pages!
 
Two o'clock was missing.
In an alternate Victorian world controlled by clock towers, a damaged clock can fracture time--and a destroyed one can stop it completely. It's a truth that seventeen-year-old clock mechanic Danny Hart knows all too well; his father has been trapped in a Stopped town east of London for three years. Though Danny is a prodigy who can repair not only clockwork, but the very fabric of time, his fixation with staging a rescue is quickly becoming a concern to his superiors.
 
And so they assign him to Enfield, a town where the tower seems to be forever plagued with problems. Danny's new apprentice both annoys and intrigues him, and though the boy is eager to work, he maintains a secretive distance. Danny soon discovers why: he is the tower's clock spirit, a mythical being that oversees Enfield's time. Though the boys are drawn together by their loneliness, Danny knows falling in love with a clock spirit is forbidden, and means risking everything he's fought to achieve. But when a series of bombings at nearby towers threaten to Stop more cities, Danny must race to prevent Enfield from becoming the next target or he'll not only lose his father, but the boy he loves, forever.
 
Tara will be in conversation with Sabaa Tahir,  author of An Ember in the Ashes  and A Torch Against the Night of which MTV.com says “A setting inspired by ancient Rome; a fierce battle for freedom in the face of tyranny; and a villain who makes Cersei Lannister and Dolores Umbridge look like a pair of pathetic amateurs.”
 
Steampunk/Victorian costumes are encouraged. There will be prizes!
Event date: 
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 - 7:00pm
Event address: 
1010 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025-4349